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Regulator punishes Ariadne Capital Malta for failure on all fronts
Chris Hamblin
23 May 2018
The regulator accuses the company of having offended against Part BIII of its Investment Services Rules for Investment Services Providers by: The compliance function of a Malta Notified Notified Alternative Investment Fund (NAIF) under the management of ACML named Ariadne Capital ECO2 VC Limited Partnership has had no compliance officer since 3rd January, when the incumbent resigned. After the resignation of the money laundering reporting officer (MLRO) of ACML with effect from 2nd November last year, the position of MLRO of the NAIF under its management, which was appointed in view of ACML’s role as an alternative investment fund manager or AIFM, also remained vacant.
In doing all this, according to the MFSA, ACML was contravening the terms of reference of its investment committee, which took effect in November last year. The committee itself has not been constituted properly of late, having had to accept the resignations of some of its members. The committee is consequently unable to function properly because it lacks a quorum. Ariadne now has less than the statutory 30 days in which to appeal against the ruling.